December 16, 2016, 7:30pm
Bargemusic, Brooklyn, NY
Above/Below

Masterworks Series
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons, Op. 37a
Crumb – Makrokosmos, book 1

Poetry by Max Lifschitz

 

December 2, 2016, 7pm & 8:30pm
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan
Sonya & Lisa play Infinite Variations

Friday Night Live!
J. S. Bach – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (arr: Stephen Emmerson)
Crumb – Makrokosmos Vol. 1 Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac (selections)
Glass – Piano Etudes (selected)

 

December 1, 2016, 7pm
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
Infinite Variations – The Goldberg Re-Imagined for Two Pianos
J. S. Bach – Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (arr: Stephen Emmerson)
Crumb – Makrokosmos Vol. 1 Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac (selections)
Glass – Piano Etudes (selected)

 

November 14, 2016, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre
The Great Romantic

The Emmerson-Lifschitz Duo
Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro K.492
Brahms – Piano Concerto in D minor, No.1, Op.15 (arr. Brahms for piano 4 hands)

 

October 15, 2016, 7pm
Australian National Academy of Music, South Melbourne Town Hall
ANAM Fellowship: Cosmic Mechanics
GEORGE CRUMB – MAKROKOSMOS BOOKS 1-4

Sonya Lifschitz piano/director
Timothy Young and Alex Raineri piano
Christine Johnston musical saw and vocals
ANAM Percussionists and Pianists
Bronwyn Pringle lighting direction and design

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October 2, 2016, 5pm
Fortyfivedownstairs
The Architecture of Time

Robert Davidson (b. 1965) – City Portraits
George Crumb (b. 1929) – Makrokosmos, Book I (selections)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) – The Seasons, Op.37 (selections)

 

September 4, 2016, 10:30am-12:30pm
Australian Piano Duo Festival

Piano Masterclass
Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

 

September 3, 2016, 7pm
Australian Piano Duo Festival
Concert 8: Festival Finale
Brahms – Concerto in D minor (1st mvt)
for two pianos, four hands
Sonya Lifschitz & Stephen Emmerson

Bizet/Wilberg – Fantasy on theme’s from Carmen for two pianos, eight hands
Sonya Lifschitz, Suzanna Hlinka, Adam Mc Millan & Stewart Kelly

Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

 

September 2, 2016, 7pm
Australian Piano Duo Festival
Concert 7: French Favourites and New Works

Saint-Saens – Danse Macabre for two pianos, eight hands
Sonya Lifschitz, Suzanna Hlinka, Adam McMillan and Stewart Kelly

Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

 

August 31, 2016, 7pm
Australian Piano Duo Festival
Concert 5: New Music + Percussion

George Crumb – Music for a Summer Evening for two pianos and percussion
Sonya Lifschitz and Alex Raineri, with Nozomi Omote and Brent Miller

Ian Hanger Recital Hall, Queensland Conservatorium

 

July 19, 2016, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, The Emmerson-Lifschitz Duo 2016
The Resurrection
Gustav Mahler/ H. Bocklet – Symphony No.2 ‘Resurrection’ (arr. for 2 pianos, 8 hands)
With Angela Turner, piano and Stewart Kelly, piano

 

July 4, 2016, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre, Salon: Solo Series
Above/Below
P. Tchaikovsky – The Seasons, Op.37
G. Crumb – Makrokosmos, Book 1

 

May 14, 2016, 6pm
Melbourne Recital Centre: Metropolis New Music Festival 2016
Press, Play – Crashing Through Fences
Steve Reich – Vermont Counterpoint
Robert Davidson – City Portraits
Erik Griswold – In Patters of Shade
Chris Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Beat Furrer  – Presto con Fuoco
Timo Andres – Crashing Through Fences

Review HERE

 

April 13, 2016, 6pm
Messiaen at Twilight
USQ Arts Theatre, Toowoomba
O. Messiaen – Visions de l’Amen
With Therese Milanovic, Piano

 

March 27, 2016, 3-8pm
The Piano Mill Launch
The Piano Mill, Stanthorpe, QLD
World premiere of work by Eric Griswold for 16 pianists
Invitation only event

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February 28, 2016, 11.30am-1pm
3MBS Mendelssohn Marathon – Session 2
F. Mendelssohn – Violin Sonata in F major
With Jenny Khafagi, Violin

 

February 16, 2016, 7.30pm
Brunswick Beethoven Festival
L.V. Beethoven – Notturno for Viola and Piano
J.S. Bach/arr. J. Brahms – Chaconne from Violin Partita in D minor (arranged for piano left hand)
J. Brahms – Sonata for Viola and Piano op.120, no.2
With Caroline Henbest, Viola

 

January 27-31, 2016
45 Downstairs, Midsumma Festival
With Topology and The Kransky Sisters: Tunes From The Tube
Review HERE